CONFIANZAS
by Juan Gelman
He sits down at the table and writes /
'with this poem you will not reach power' he says /
'with these verses you will not make a Revolution' he says /
'not even with thousands of verses could you make a Revolution' he says //
what's more: those verses will not serve to make lumberjack laborers live better /
eat better or to make himself eat or live better /
nor will they serve to make a woman fall in love with him //
he will not earn money with them /
he will not get free movie tickets /
he will not be given clothes for them /
he will not get cigarettes or wine for them //
nor bedpans or scarves or boats /
not bulls or umbrellas will he get for them /
if it were up to them, the rain would soak him /
he will not obtain pardon or grace for them //
'with this poem you will not attain power' he says /
'with these verses you will not make a Revolution' he says /
'not even with thousands of verses could you make a Revolution' /
he sits down at the table and writes".
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